Sri Lanka, Feb. 8 -- Colombo, Feb 08 (Daily Mirror) - The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, strongly emphasised that decisions of the Attorney General in criminal matters should not be subject to review by political authorities, including the Cabinet of Ministers. Such interference, the BASL argued, would undermine the independence of the Attorney General's office, which is crucial for upholding the rule of law.

The BASL, one of Sri Lanka's largest professional bodies, sent this letter to the President amidst controversy over the discharge of three suspects connected to the murder of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and the President's decision to summon Attorney General Pa...